Sephardic Jews

DC to declare an official Mimouna day to celebrate end of Passover

The mayor of the U.S. capital wants Washingtonians to celebrate the end of Passover with a traditional North African Jewish party.

By Ron Kampeas April 13, 2023 6:00 am

Stephen Shalom, American Sephardic philanthropist who promoted tolerance, dies at 93

He said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was working to bring 400 Jewish women who wanted to marry within their faith to the United States from Syria in 1977.

March 28, 2022 3:53 pm

New Yorkers with Sephardic roots say Spain is breaking its promise of citizenship

Rally-goers and elected officials demanded to know why an Inquisition reparations initiative has seemingly been put on hold.

October 14, 2021 3:07 pm

The permanent display at the Manchester Jewish Museum in Manchester, UK celebrates the blue-collar roots of the community, when many of its members worked in steel and textile. (Chris Payne)

Manchester’s revamped Jewish museum celebrates the community that left it behind

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 2, 2021 3:00 pm

Ideas

Telling the forgotten story of Osnat Barzani, the first female rabbi who lived 400 years ago, is a win for Mizrahi representation

By Lior Zaltzman February 10, 2021 2:35 pm

from Kveller

Ideas

We’re running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. Here’s how we can stop them from being lost forever.

By Sarah Bunin Benor February 8, 2021 11:55 am

Ideas

Many Jews of color and diverse Jews are politically conservative — and many voted for Trump

By Dr. Mijal Bitton November 19, 2020 5:40 pm

Two Israeli women arrivng to Lisbon, Portugal on Feb. 15, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Portugal has naturalized 23,000 applicants under Jewish law of return

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 6, 2020 1:47 pm

The time capsule extracted from a wall during renovations at what used to be a synagogue in Manchester, U.K. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Manchester)

150-year-old time capsule found in a wall of oldest synagogue in British city

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 25, 2020 9:55 am

Tunisian pumpkin jam is the most underrated Rosh Hashanah treat

By Rachel Myerson September 17, 2020 9:37 am

from The Nosher

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